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Asmallbitofanxiety t1_iu5tsp9 wrote

Lmfao I bet you anything that little snake was really about their dicks

"Yeah those guys are not cool we call them the tiny penis tribe don't even bother talking to them"

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kafka123 t1_iudrrzy wrote

It doesn't have to be to be an insult, though. "That group is a bunch of f**king snakes".

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Asmallbitofanxiety t1_iue0m39 wrote

>It doesn't have to be to be an insult, though.

It doesn't HAVE to be but I'd bet you anything it was penis related

>"That group is a bunch of f**king snakes".

I'm no expert but I am pretty sure that usage of snake is a distinctly biblical/Judeo-Christian/European connotation that would not be part of Native American parlance prior to colonization

Snakes and snake imagery are often seen in a revered context in Mayan, Aztec, and other ancient Native American cultural heritages

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kafka123 t1_iuekynl wrote

I guess there would be less reason to think that snakes were untrustworthy, but there would still be literal snakes around, and that's not necessarily a good thing, even in other cultures where snakes might be seen in revered contexts sometimes.

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